Stanford baseball team beats Utah 5-0

Zach Hoffpauir went 5 for 5, and freshman Cal Quantrill struck out 10 for the second straight game as Stanford shut out host Utah 5-0 in a Pac-12 baseball game Friday.

The Cardinal (28-23, 14-14) has won 17 of its past 24 games to move back to .500 in conference play and strengthen its resume for an NCAA tournament bid. The teams play again Saturday and Sunday to close out the Pac-12 season.

Quantrill (5-5) limited the Utes (16-34, 4-24) to four hits over eight innings.

Santa Clara's baseball season came to an end with an 8-6 loss to Gonzaga (26-28) in the West Coast Conference tournament in Stockton.

Greg Harisis had a big game for the Broncos (26-30), going 3 for 4 with a double and four runs scored. Jose Vizcaino Jr. and Stevie Berman each had two hits and two RBIs.

Stanford sophomore Lauren Kim closed with a 3-under-par 67, including a stretch of four straight birdies, to finish third at the NCAA women's golf championships at Tulsa (Oklahoma) Country Club.

Kim, whose 277 total was three shots behind medalist Doris Chen of USC, is the first Stanford player to finish in the top 10 since Sally Watson tied for ninth in 2007. Kim's finish is the school's highest since Audrey Wooding took third in 1992.

The Cardinal finished tied for 18th in the 24-team field. Cal was 22nd, led by Nicola Rossler (70-286, tied for 23rd). Duke won the team title by two shots over USC.

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Cal and Stanford were among 15 teams whose rounds were rained out at Prairie Dunes Country Club on the first day of the NCAA men's golf championships in Hutchinson, Kansas. A total of eight hours and 10 minutes of delays were endured before play was finally suspended at 5:50 p.m. CT.

All 15 teams in the morning group were able to get started, but none had their entire teams finish nine holes. Oregon is the early leader at 3-under par.

Stanford's Patrick Rodgers and Cameron Wilson are among five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award. the others are Georgia Tech's Ollie Schniederjans and Alabama's Robby Shelton and Bobby Wyatt.

Former Stanford golfer Andrew Yun closed with a 3-under 69 at the eGolf Tour's Willow Creek Open to post 14-under par, good for his first professional win and the event's $15,000 first-place prize.

Cal's Lynn Chi, ranked No. 24, defeated eighth-seeded and eighth-ranked Jennifer Brady of UCLA 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA women's tennis championships in Athens, Georgia. Chi, a sophomore, will play North Carolina's top-seeded and top-ranked Jamie Loeb on Saturday.

Stanford's Kristie Ahn and Carol Zhao were eliminated. Ahn lost the first set to Georgia State's Abigail Tere-Apisah, then was forced to retire down 1-0 in the second set because of injury. Zhao dropped a 7-5, 6-2 decision to UCLA's Chanelle Van Nguyen. Ahn and Zhao also were defeated in doubles play.

Stanford freshman Schuyler Rimmer and Cal junior Roger Moute a Bidias will play on a 13-member team of Pac-12 basketball players that will compete on a four-game all-star tour of China this summer as part of the conference's Globalization Initiative.

Former Cal guard Ricky Kreklow will complete his career at Creighton. Kreklow, who announced last month he was transferring to a new school for his senior season, averaged 5.5 points for the Bears last season.

A Midwest native and a transfer from Missouri, Kreklow's two-year career at Cal was marred by injuries.

San Jose Giants

Kendry Flores allowed three hits over 6﻿1/3 innings and Mitch Delfino and Brett Krill drove in two runs apiece in a six-run third inning as the San Jose Giants beat the visiting Visalia Rawhide 6-2. Flores allowed two runs, striking out six and walking two, to improve to 3-3.